PLAY PROGRAM AT UVA'S FRANK BATTEN SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC POLICY (CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA)
In Summer 2022, we partnered with the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy to co-host the Policy Leadership Advocacy by Youth, or PLAY, Program on the University of Virginia campus. With funding from the Jefferson Trust, 50 teens experienced a weeklong exploration of policy that featured resume-building workshops and lunch-and-learns with real-world policy leaders. Each day began with an iThrive Studio workshop where teens dug into the social issues they care about and the big questions they have in the space of a game. The game prototypes they created each center a challenge and possible solutions.
